Hypertext Webster Gateway: "clicking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Click \Click\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clicked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Clicking}.] [Prob. an onomatopoetic word: cf. OF. cliquier.
{See Clack}, and cf. {Clink}, {Clique}.]
To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such
noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.
The varnished clock that clicked behind the door.
--Goldsmith.
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